While this effort at introducing western technology and making a new age for the Burmese kingdom was going on, in 02, August, 1866 the Kanaung Crown Prince was murdered in the course of the plot hatched by the Myingun and Myingondaing Princes sons of King Mindon. 

With this, all the plans and projects of its leaders for renewal and reformation, for the building of an industrial country, for the arming of its defence and for the other various enterprises in hand, all melted away like water into sand.

In particular, the goals of a proper defence of the country and the proper relationships with other lands little by little were lost. The hope and expectations for the modernisation of the kingdom all went to waste.

In 1228 (1866) , on the fourth waning day of Kason, in the evening, towards the west “a bank of clouds all at once appeared, red as blood and in the evening of the next day the whole sky seemed to be bursting with congealed blood. 

After this there was a heavy rain and lightning. In the golden city of Mandalay the whole people, from the princes down, were much disturbed.”

It was in this situation that, on the seventh waning day of Second Wāzo, the Mayors of Myingun and Myingondaing, both sons of King Mindon, revolted. The brothers entered the city from the south side with around fifty followers, all with fire- arms. 

In this project, the Kanaung Prince, the Heir, was the prime target and he was killed at once. King Mindon had a great store of religious merit to rely upon and escaped, since Nga Paik Kyi, one of the conspirators carried him away upon his back out of danger to a place of safety. 

In the palace itself those fated to fall, fell; those destined to punishment, were punished; those due to get away, got away -- all quite at random. The Myingun and Myingondaing Princes avoided capture and got away from where the King was, because all the princes, ministers and army generals who kept their loyalty to the King were engaged in collecting their people to preserve their position and put up a résistance. 

That is why the Buddha, to want shows that there is involvement human and weather preached Adhammika sutta of Anguttaranikāya as following. 

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